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Civil unrest, historic elections, deadly shipwreck and a celebration fit for a queen
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- Date Dec 17, 2012
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Arizona continuing to dig itself out of a huge financial hole Standard and Poor's downgrading nine countries in the union.
Financial ministers reaching an agreement on another Greek bail out Spain also at seventeen and -- -- debt ridden banks it's.
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Protesters sweeping through Europe to -- anything -- stringent austerity measures all of this resulting in the Euro zone going back into another recession.
32 people dead including two Americans off the coast of Italy.
With the Costa Concordia cruise ship runs in rounding -- it.
The captain may face criminal charges.
-- tumultuous and try a whole year -- -- it's deadly riot erupted between sports rivals on a soccer field.
More than 79 people killed at least 8000 injured.
An Egyptian court sentenced.
How is President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison and -- later in the country elects its first islamists in civilian leader Mohamed Morsi.
From the Muslim Brotherhood party.
In November he -- himself -- absolute power that brings thousands of protesters in the streets of Cairo.
Three members -- -- and all email phone again.
-- -- protest against president Vladimir Putin are sentenced to jail for a look at it.
-- worldwide protests and demands for their release.
He has worked chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch wanted this Sunday edition of the sun largely -- that.
The violence in Syria -- this year -- president Bashar Al Assad hold firmly to his rule.
Anti government forces and the side regimes -- any cease fire agreement negotiated by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Tens of thousands of people killed since march of last year with the death -- continually finding them almost the only.
Green on blue insider attacks increasing in Afghanistan.
More than fifty US and international soldiers killed this year by their Afghan partners.
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They're gonna get her great Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second the royal monarchs celebrating.
And the British royal -- he died in police work between.
China becoming the third country behind the US -- -- -- -- -- -- -- You're holding its first free elections in his -- year.
-- two point seven million voters.
Hundred member assembly before they knew better than -- -- current position.
Experiencing the worst to -- the power -- in world history.
-- -- London's 2012 summer Olympic Games proves to be in record breaking sporting events.
Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympian of all time it was 22 medals.
An online -- anti Muslim film sparking violent protests around the world.
The maker of the -- sent to jail in California.
And related charges.
Ended what was originally believed to be related incidents more Americans including ambassador to Libya Christopher Stephens.
Are killed at the US consulate in -- -- -- on nine elevenths.
It is later revealed that the attack is an act of terror and had nothing to do with the anti Muslim video.
The US killing three of Al qaeda's leader in separate airstrikes.
The terrorist organization.
Come into even more -- herself.
Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's throwing your red line at UN general assembly indicating -- to its final stage of -- nuclear -- The Obama administration -- not to hold off Israeli military action which put likely result in the US being pulled into the conflict.
Can -- region wide may have.
Iran claims its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Hurricanes sitting reading the Caribbean putting again evacuations power -- in -- -- in Jamaica.
The Dominican Republic and Cuba.
Militants fired missiles indiscriminately into Israel -- as far as cold feet.
Jerusalem.
Israel -- the heavy bombardment Hamas and Israel reach a ceasefire agreement.
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General assembly endorses an upgrade to UN status of the Palestinian Authority to -- them.
Server stage in mid -- any teenager shot in the head -- for campaigning for the rights of girls to have an education and country.
The Taliban took credit for the attack.
-- shooting sparked international outrage many eyes will be on Israel next year whether or not they launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
This as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Is scheduled to step down in June in Jerusalem Carter Powell Fox News.